<VV> Filter Oil Leaks

[Mark Corbin]

So far I haven't had any such filter problems. You might want to double
check to see if it's actually leaking around the paper seal to the main
adapter housing. If you don't change those seals with every oil change,
they've been known to start leaking, and refuse to seal even when cranked
down as hard as possible. Been there, done that.

Also, you might want to run a mill file over the machined bolt gasket
surface. You'd be amazed at how uneven it really is. Given that fact, I'm
surprised that anything seals up to the adapters. The factory machining was
atrocious.

-Mark 

> [Original Message]
> From: <Mikeamauro at aol.com>
> Subject: <VV> Filter Oil Leaks
>
> Re: 67 air conditioned Coupe with adaptor which positions filter in  
> horizontal position.  I've been experiencing "latent" leaks from  the
gasket on 
> Clark's filters. Upon changing a filter, no leaks are evident  for at
least 
> several hundred miles. Then, gradually, weeping begins to occur  from the 
> underside of gasket-to-adaptor area. Tightening does not stop the leak; 
in 
> fact, seems to accelerate the weeping. I'm considering trying Wix or NAPA

> filters to see if the problem stops. The weeping is just enough to be
annoying,  
> and is the only "vital fluids" leak from the car: lays down a spot of oil

> on the driveway about the size of a 25-cent piece. Anyone else
experienced t
> his  issue?
>  
> Mike Mauro 
> 67 Factory Air PG Coupe  
>